| Dates: | 1921, 16 February - 1998, 16 March | | Born: | US, WI | | Active: | US | | Gender: | Female | | Website: | www.estherbubley.com |
American photographer.Preparing biographies
Biography provided by Focal Press
Pioneer woman photojournalist, mentored by Roy Stryker on his ongoing document of American life, which he started at the FSA, moved to the Office of War Information, and continued after the war by Standard Oil of New Jersey. In a male-dominated arena, Bubley rose to the top through her ability to document the rapidly changing interaction of modern industry/technology with the lives of everyday people.
(Author: Robert Hirsch - Independent scholar and writer)
Michael Peres (Editor-in-Chief), 2007, Focal Encyclopedia of Photography, 4th edition, (Focal Press) [ISBN-10: 0240807405, ISBN-13: 978-0240807409]
(Used with permission)
General reading
Fisher, Andrea, 1987, Let Us Now Praise Famous Women: women photographers for the US Government, 1935 to 1944, (Pandora Press) isbn-10: 0863581234 isbn-13: 978-0863581236 [LL_REF:1885]
Readings on, or by, individual photographers
Pastan, Amy (ed.) & Greene, Melissa Fay (introduction), 2010, Fields of Vision: The Photographs of Esther Bubley: The Library of Congress, (D Giles Ltd) isbn-10: 1904832482 isbn-13: 978-1904832485 [LL_REF:1875]
Yochelson, B. et al., 2005, Esther Bubley on Assignment, (New York: Aperture) [LL_REF:1322]
If you feel this list is missing a significant book or article please let me know - Alan - alan@luminous-lint.com
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Family history
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| Getty Research, Los Angeles, USA has an ULAN (Union List of Artists Names Online) entry for this photographer. This is useful for checking names and they frequently provide a brief biography. | | Go to website |
The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers. |
• Lenman, Robin (ed.) 2005 The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (Oxford: Oxford University Press) [Includes a short biography on Esther Bubley.]
• Witkin, Lee D. and Barbara London 1979 The Photograph Collector’s Guide (London: Secker and Warburg) p.136 [Long out of print but an essential reference work - the good news is that a new edition is in preparation.]
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If there is an analysis of a single photograph or a useful self portrait I will highlight it here. |
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